Dick Johnson Is Dead
JAN 23, 2020 · 89 MIN · DIR. KIRSTEN JOHNSON
With this inventive portrait, director Kirsten Johnson seeks a way to keep her 86-year-old father alive forever. Utilizing moviemaking magic and her family’s dark humor, she celebrates Dr. Dick Johnson’s last years by staging fantasies of death and beyond. Together, dad and daughter confront the great inevitability awaiting us all.
Cast
Richard Johnson
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Kirsten Johnson
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Isla Sierck
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Jed Sierck
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Felix Torres
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Viva Torres
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Raymond Damazo
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Michael Hilow
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Michael Melton
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Joanne Reiner Tucker
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Ken Tucker
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Laurie McEwan
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Crew
Writer
Nels Bangerter
Writer
Kirsten Johnson
Director of Photography
John Wakayama Carey
Director of Photography
Kirsten Johnson
Editor
Nels Bangerter
Producer
Marilyn Ness
Producer
Katy Chevigny
Producer
Kirsten Johnson
